Puzzle Ball
Hardware
3D Printing
Laser/waterjet cutting
Woodshop machinery
Software
SolidWorks & OnShape
Here is one of the projects I worked on for my Design for Fabrication class in Spring ‘22. I collaborated with 3 classmates to create our own version of a Perplexus puzzle ball.
We were given a plastic sphere, small metal ball, and the following design requirements:
Each team member must design 5 puzzle stages (20 total)
No alterations can be made to the plastic sphere housing all of the puzzles (no adhesion, drilling, etc.)
To split our work evenly, we divided the sphere into 4 quadrants and designed our puzzles to fit into 1 quadrant each. We modeled the entire sphere in OnShape (cloud-based CAD software) and 3D-printed each component using PLA.
My quadrant was intended to be the last 5 puzzle stages, and therefore the hardest. I challenged myself to explore various CAD features and incorporated more organic shapes in my design.
OnShape CAD Model
